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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
5
The county government posts a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two men tied to the December 7 deaths of Lester McCormick, 54, and James Francis Boyle, 51. A police sketch shows one suspect about 30 years old, six feet tall, 160 pounds, with brown straight hair, brown eyes, and olive skin.
Clark County deputies intensify search for two suspects in the November 7 Glen dale service station killings of Lester McCormick and James Boyce. A composite image circulates as witnesses in Springdale Utah describe a green vehicle and two men. A $1000 reward stands for arrest and conviction. multiple suspects cleared in NV UT CA. University of Wisconsin researchers develop a new dried butter product from cream or butter via a spray process.
Central Telephone Co begins distribution of 1966 phone books totaling 110000 copies. Las Vegas sections replace first and last listings with AAABABA Insect & Bug Control leading the new 66 directory. Yellow pages grow from 450 to 478 and Searchlight shows rapid growth with phones rising from 10 to 37.
A man named Walter Brock 53 pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to trespassing and vagrancy after living beneath a warehouse at 803 South Main Street for at least six weeks. He received the minimum fine of $2 and was ordered to move on. The warehouse owners Jones and Jones Distributing Co said they did not mind his presence but plan to enclose the area soon. Police described a tunnel like passage under the building where Brock slept and used wiring for light.
Las Vegas police issued 173,000 tickets for parking violations in 1965, a drop of 1,500 from 1964. Last month 14,850 tickets were written, including 10,600 on red meters, 2,300 in posted zones, and 1,000 for one hour limits.
A 49 year old West Las Vegas woman Evie Compton Green was found guilty of first degree arson in the September 1964 attack on her boyfriend Willie Franklin 43 of Bennet Ave The jury did not convict on assault with intent to kill and she faces sentencing on January 17 1965 The defense contended she was threatened by Franklin after he flirted with another woman and tossed gasoline at him in her home
A coroner's inquest is scheduled for December 17 to probe the fatal shooting of 44yearold Charles Ross by his ex wife 25 at her World Wide Mobil City trailer near the Strip St Sherman Simmons said the act appears justifiable self defense Mrs Leslie Detmering was not held and the case is being treated as justifiable homicide.
Rober Anderson, former head cook at Clark County Jail, died in his sleep yesterday at age 70. He helped outfit the jail kitchen for the new courthouse opening in 1999 and retired in 1963. Survived by wife Pearl and son Robert, they live at 498 Naples Drive.
Officials deny fencing Sahara Avenue access as the project progresses. The state highway improvement is not expected to close the Sahara service station at eastern and Sahara. The Las Vegas Sun apologized for the erroneous report and any resulting confusion.
About half of heirs located never knew the person who left the money, according to the Tracers Company of America. The finding highlights gaps in tracing and notification practices for estate settlements.
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